Violence, Beauty, Hope: Imran Qureshi is Deutsche Bank's “Artist of the Year” 2013

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Work by Imran Qureshi. (Image courtesy of Art Bahrain)

GERMANY---Imran Qureshi is Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the Year” 2013." A focus on young art: like its corporate collection, Deutsche Bank’s award, the “Artist of the Year”, is committed to the present. The aim is to acquaint a wide public with new and exciting artistic positions. Imran Qureshi [is] one of the most important figures on Pakistan’s art scene today. Trained in miniature painting, the 1972-born artist works... utilizes old Islamic forms of art and expands them to become a contemporary means of expression, combining traditional motifs and techniques with conceptual thought and contemporary abstract painting in unique ways.  [link]